The Teifi and Goodwick Moor
The Lapwings over the river through the Teifi Marshes have been a feature of early mornings on the reserve, sometimes flocks keep arriving up to a peak count c 300.
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| Lapwing flock - Karen Leah |
Lapwings are coming into breeding plumage, interesting watching the flock fly, as if excercising wing muscles with much calling.
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| Lapwing from Creek hide - Karen Leah |
Usually one to three Black-tailed Godwits are somewhere along the river
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| Black-tailed Godwit - Tommy Evans |
The Black-tailed Godwits favour the river water and are more usually found from Curlew Hide. The closely related Bar-tailed Godwits usually feed in the main estuary. Up to 90 Dunlin have been seen from Curlew hide this week.
Ducks, Teal and Mallard are pairing up, Moorhens becoming more visible though 2 male Goldeneye remain on the river.
A Dipper near the sluice by the by pass bridge was an unusual sighting although they breed upstream and on the nearby Mwldan river that runs through Cardigan. Tommy Evans had good views of a Dipper recently at Cenarth.
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| Dipper at Cenarth - Tommy Evans |
Some of the Red Deer herd have been seen regularly in fields along the entrance drive to the reserve.
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| Red Deer - Tommy Evans |
A delve into the Teifi Marshes reserve history...
The pond in front of Mallard hide this week.....the view was not always like this...
The 8th March was the 15th anniversary of the digging of Mallard Pond...
....and back in 1988, you can see Heron Hide in the background as work in Pentood Marsh creating ponds is underway
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| Photo from 1988 - Jenny Higgins |
This whole area is now covered with Phragmites reeds, gone are the days when Pentood Marshes held a thousand wintering ducks, and more waders were recorded.
Out of the Teifi valley but worth mentioning the extensive pond work happening on Goodwick Moor.
(Rich D and Wendy J)